Paul S. Fiddes
'Tikkun Olam' —To Mend the World
Arts & Literature
“Emerging from a theological symposium and an art exhibition, the essays in this book show in glorious profusion and profundity the marks of this double origin. Theologians, artists, literary scholars, and musicians combine to bear witness to a world that is broken and yet is also the stage for a decisive event of divine love and healing. These are essays full of insights about order and disorder, beauty and tragedy. Their achievement is to make the reader think and, above all, imagine.”
Theology
“This fine collection of papers will play a key part in the process of dispelling the myth that Baptists do not have a sacramental faith, and will be a reference point for all future discussion on the issue. The contributors not only show that Baptists have had a sacramental understanding of baptism, Lord's Supper and ministry in the past, but they also open out new thinking on sacraments for the present day, for the benefit of the whole Church of Christ.”
Dan Taylor (1738–1816), Baptist Leader and Pioneering Evangelical
History & Biography
“On the foundation of an expert grasp of historical detail and context, the author makes an intriguing enquiry into the kind of evangelicalism that Dan Taylor represented, influenced both by the Enlightenment and the Evangelical Revival. The author paints a convincing portrait of a Baptist leader who showed creativity and innovation in ecclesiology and mission. Of absorbing interest, both scholarly and highly accessible, this is essential reading in the Baptist way of being church.”
Theology
“This volume succeeds in being not just another collection of essays, but a compelling report of ecclesiology 'under construction.' The editors skillfully gather and introduce a variety of approaches to ecclesiology, enabling the reader to see them from a complementary standpoint. Bridging divides, integrating doctrine and empirical research, truly interdisciplinary and sensitive to ethics and worship, this book is an indispensable tool for making an ecclesiology for today, and is a tribute to the clear vision of the editors.”
Christian Living
Foreword
“In this very remarkable piece of theological autobiography, John Weaver remarks that ‘by writing we impose a shape on the world.’ He is surely speaking of this book, which is nothing less than his own spiritual journal. Through it he is giving shape to his own life, interpreting it theologically—but he is also encouraging every reader to do the same.”
History & Biography
“Those readers, whether friendly or hostile to evangelicals, who imagine that there is one standard 'evangelical' approach to the Bible will receive a salutary surprise from this volume of essays. Each piece is of high scholarly level, marking an advance in its own area; together they demonstrate that the relation of evangelicals to the Bible has always been relative to history, geography, politics, and culture, and that this contextual shaping of the evangelical mind is especially true of the new generation of evangelicals in the Global South. Yet the reader is enabled to recognize an evangelical identity in all the diversity and is left with a greater understanding of how, for evangelicals, this stems from a confidence that the biblical text has the capacity to transform human lives. The book is itself an outstanding example of a new era of evangelical scholarship and demands to be taken into account henceforth by all who presume to write about 'evangelicals,' an achievement which is due in no small measure to its skillful compilation by Timothy Larsen.”
Forming Ministers or Training Leaders?
Church Leadership & Ministry
“Among many books about the practice of Christian ministry, this one is exceptional. The author asks how this practice is shaped by another—the practice of preparation for ministry—and he relates the two practices, drawing on his own rich experience and a penetrating theological analysis. The whole is interwoven by an original account of the replacement of the idea of ‘training’ for ministry by the ‘formation’ of the minister, making this an indispensable study of ministry for today.”
Theology
“Steve Finamore offers us biblical exegesis toughed with the glow of imagination and passion. With thorough scholarship he enables us to enter the world of images in a difficult text, and to hear a word, which both disturbs our assumptions and brings hope for the victims and the marginalized in society. In a highly readable way, this excellent book weaves together a theology of salvation, biblical study and an original contribution of Girardian research; above all it achieves the aim of making us face the truths of violence and chaos in our world. It deserves to be read widely, and I believe it will be.”
Holy Communion in Contagious Times
Preaching & Worship
“In this carefully researched and original book of quite extraordinary scope, the author brings to light the deepest meaning of the relation of God to a world that includes cyberspace.”
Imagination in an Age of Crisis
Arts & Literature
“This remarkable collection of pieces succeeds in showing how imagination can create alternative modes of living and being at a time of crisis. Jason Goroncy's opening contribution, claiming a place for revelation, or ‘fresh vision,’ in both art and theology, impressively sets the tone for what follows, where the editors skillfully bring together practitioners and theorists to demonstrate convincingly how imagination is formed and offers hope for our future.”
Mervyn Himbury: Principal and Preacher
History & Biography
“Rees succeeds magnificently in his aim of offering a biography which enables the reader to do theology better. In relating the life and thought of Mervyn Himbury, an exceptional preacher and theological educator, the author tells a good story very well indeed, exploring Baptist tradition in both British and Australian cultures, and exposing the theological roots of a radical religious and political freedom.”
Science & Faith
“Thank you for kindly sending me a copy of your 'Paradise Is Now'. I found it fascinating and absorbing.”
Discipleship & Christian Education
“Here is the catechism for which we have been waiting, one whose roots are, quite remarkably, as equally in a catholic as in a dissenting heritage. The author offers us a highly readable account of the basic principles of the Christian faith which is guided by the summary in the Book of Hebrews, informed by the historic creeds, touched by the style of C. S. Lewis, fired by the prophetic passion of William Blake and shaped by the narrative spirituality of Bunyan. Whether they are young disciples about to be baptized or mature church members, readers will find their faith and imagination nourished by a book which is wise in doctrine and far-sighted in its vision.”
Theology
“a remarkable achievement, exploring a sacramental theology which is both evangelical and thoroughly Catholic . . . A lively, pungent, sometimes provocative account which is grounded in pastoral and personal experience and draws on a deeply scholarly grasp of both historical and modern theology . . . Practical theology as it should be done.”
Work, Money & Leadership
“This remarkable and timely book by Kenneth Barnes is essential reading for all those who are disturbed by a moral vacuum at the heart of business, or who want to know how the Christian faith can speak into our present financial crisis.”
Philosophy
“This fine and original book offers a conversation between poetry and philosophy that succeeds . . . in being both a rigorous analysis and a deeply moving meditation. Sensitive to the poetic text and learned in the existential philosophy of modernity, the author unveils a 'heart' to which poets, philosophers, and theologians bear witness, a heart speaking of love, broken in time, and resurrected by human art and divine word.”
The Scarlet Woman and the Red Hand
History & Biography
“Beyond the historical instance, the book is outstanding in its evocation of the general power of the apocalyptic imagination.”
The Spirit of God and the Christian Life
Theology
“JinHyok Kim is surely an important ‘emerging scholar’ on the evidence of this fine study of the Spirit in Barth’s corpus. The scholarship is precise and the book argues, contrary to many critics, that the theme of the Spirit is constantly subsumed in Barth’s mature work. Kim elucidates Barth’s theology of beauty, and of prayer, with great clarity making the book a rich resource for church as well as academy.” —Timothy Bradshaw University of Oxford “While recent scholarship on Barth has increasingly been recognizing the significant place of the Holy Spirit in his theology, this very impressive study by JinHyok Kim still breaks new ground in relating Barth’s doctrine of the Spirit to practices of the Christian life. In particular, this is an original and highly illuminating exposition of Barth’s understanding of the role of the Holy Spirit in culture and aesthetics, uncovering the pneumatological link between the glory of God and beauty in the world.”
NOTE: Only includes books currently in our catalog; not necessarily a complete list.
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